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Viacheslav Kravtsov
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Kravtsov with Eskişehir Basket in 2018
Free agent
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Personal information
Born (1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 37)
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Nationality Ukrainian
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft 2009 / Undrafted
Pro career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2010 Kyiv
2010–2012 Donetsk
2012–2013 Detroit Pistons
2013–2014 Phoenix Suns
2014–2015 Foshan Long Lions
2015 CSKA Moscow
2016 Zaragoza
2016–2017 Valencia
2017–2018 Eskişehir
2018 Burgos
2018–2019 Fuenlabrada
2019–2020 San-en NeoPhoenix
2020–2022 Dnipro
2022 Menorca
2022–2023 Kaohsiung Steelers
Career highlights and awards
  • Liga ACB champion (2017)
  • 4× Ukrainian Superleague All-Star (2009–2012)
  • EuroBasket blocks leader (2013)
Stats at NBA.com

Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov (Ukrainian: В’ячеслав Кравцов; born 25 August 1987) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P. League+. He also represents the Ukrainian national basketball team.

Professional career

Kravtsov played in the Ukrainian basketball league for BC Kyiv from 2005 to 2010. Kravtsov declared for the 2009 NBA draft, but after not being selected by a team, he returned to Kyiv to play one additional season. In July 2010, he joined the Boston Celtics for the 2010 NBA Summer League. He then joined BC Donetsk, for which he played from 2010 to 2012.

On 14 July 2012, Kravtsov signed with the Detroit Pistons.

On 31 July 2013, Kravtsov was traded, along with Brandon Knight and Khris Middleton, to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for guard Brandon Jennings. On 29 August 2013, Kravtsov and Ish Smith were traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Caron Butler. On 1 March 2014, he was waived by the Suns.

On 16 September 2014, he signed with the Foshan Dralions of China for the 2014–15 CBA season.

In July 2015, he joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2015 Las Vegas Summer League. On 30 September 2015, Kravtsov signed a short-term contract with CSKA Moscow, in order to replace injured Joel Freeland. On 26 December 2015, he signed with the Spanish club CAI Zaragoza for the rest of the season. He averaged 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds at the Eurocup and 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds at the Liga ACB.

He came back to Spain on 18 October 2016 to sign with Valencia Basket. On 30 June 2017, Valencia announced that they did not renew their contract with Kravtsov.

On 22 July 2017, Kravtsov signed with Turkish club Eskişehir Basket for the 2017–18 season. On 19 July 2018, Kravtsov signed a one-year deal with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB. He spent the 2019-20 season in Japan with San-en NeoPhoenix, averaging 13.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. On September 3, 2020, Kravtsov signed with Dnipro of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Detroit 25 0 9.0 .717 .000 .297 1.8 .4 .2 .4 3.1
2013–14 Phoenix 20 0 3.0 .513 .000 .500 .9 .1 .0 .1 1.0
Career 45 0 6.3 .672 .000 .333 1.4 .2 .1 .2 2.2

International career

In 2013, Kravtsov helped the Ukrainian national basketball team qualify for their first FIBA World Cup since the break-up of the Soviet Union by leading everyone in the 2013 EuroBasket tournament in blocks made with an average of two blocks per game. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, he averaged 7.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.

See also

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